Johnson County has a real challenge coming up -- the hardest it has met all year. Both it and Austin-East have made it this far into the playoffs, but they square off this Friday at 7:00 PM to determine who is worthy to move on. Johnson County might be a bit distressed seeing as how its point totals have been consistently dropping over the past three games.
Johnson County kept its home record unblemished after another positive outing on its own turf. It won a game last week that couldn't get any closer, slipping by Northview Academy 21 - 20.
As for Austin-East, it has netted another blowout to add to its collection (now totaling seven) after its most recent game. The final score between it and Unicoi County last week was a 39 - 0 blowout in Austin-East's favor. The game was close at halftime (7 - 0), but Austin-East broke away in the second half.
Their wins bumped Austin-East to 9-2 and Johnson County to 11-0. Both the Austin-East and Johnson County defenses have allowed few points this year (averaging 11 ppg and 11 ppg, respectively), so the teams might find scoring more difficult than usual this week.
Playoff bracket for these teams
